School report cards released for Alleghany

Strengths and weaknesses of schools throughout the state were highlighted in school report cards that were released last month by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

The report provides information about each individual school, is broken down into four different categories, providing a school profile; high student performance; safe, orderly and caring schools; and quality teachers.

In response to the results, Frank Busic, Alleghany County School’s test coordinator commented, “The performance components went up and down in relation to results of the ABCs (testing results) that were released in August.”

Busic continued, stating, “We release information at different times during the year and this (www.ncreportcards.org) is one place that parents and interested citizens can go to houses the information in one place so they can get a comprehensive view of how each school is performing.”

The public can attain use of computers at the Wilkes Community College Cyber Campus located at Alleghany High School, the Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Alleghany County Library. Busic added school ‘snapshots,’ printed versions of what is contained within the report card, are also available at the central office, located at 85 Peachtree St. in Sparta.

The data supplied in the recently released report cards are based on 2004-2005 school year and provide information about school discipline, high school graduation rates and school facilities. Meanwhile, the district report cards also contains district financial information.

School Profile

The report’s school profile discusses school size as well as the average class size. According to the report, the enrollment at Alleghany High School’s during the 2004-05 school year is reported at 426, an increase of 14 over the 2003-04 report. Meanwhile, the average course size in the school and district for English I is 22; algebra I, 16; algebra II, 18; geometry, 16; biology, 20; chemistry, 20; physical science, 22; and physics, 5.

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